Chapter 598 - 628: Who Knew That Rascal Shen Yi Would Be This Successful
Chapter 598: Chapter 628: Who Knew That Rascal Shen Yi Would Be This Successful
Luan Wei understood immediately. She nodded and went out.
In fact, the situation at the paint factory was even worse than Qin Jiao had expected.
While the scandal of the paint causing illnesses had been hushed up, it was only because Lin Nian had offered some very constructive advice. She had also used her prophetic dreams to persuade the Shen Family.
But in reality, neither Shen Zhengfeng nor the rest of the Shen Family truly trusted Lin Nian.
Or rather, once the crisis had passed, they began to think she was just being an alarmist.
On top of that, Shen Zhengfeng was stubborn and conceited, slow to trust others, and unwilling to accept new ideas. In his previous life, he hadn’t suffered such hardships. His capital hadn’t shrunk, the clothing factory had remained under his name, and most importantly, Du Liya’s family network had always been at his disposal.
But ever since their divorce, some of those connections had slowly been severed. The rest had gradually dwindled over the past three or four years.
After all, Shen Zhengfeng’s way of doing business was, at times, unreliable.
Over time, his previous investments all went down the drain. He had been swindled by his new brother-in-law, and there was also the time Li Xiaomei and her partners lost a fortune on a failed clothing factory, among other things...
In short, the Shen Family looked wealthy on the surface, but in reality, they were just an empty shell. If the paint factory didn’t start turning a profit, the Shen Family would go bankrupt before long.
’And of all times, just when employees were starting to protest over unpaid salaries and bonuses, Shen Feng comes running to me for investment money?’
’Investment, my ass!’
Shen Zhengfeng stared coldly at his eldest son. "You just graduated from college with zero work experience, and you want to start a business? What happens if you lose everything? Do you think my money grows on trees?!"
Shen Feng lowered his gaze, his eyes filled with cold indifference.
He didn’t want to come groveling to Shen Zhengfeng like this, but he had no other choice.
It was Lin Nian who had given him the idea.
’If Shen Yi could start a business, why couldn’t he?’
Although Shen Feng had argued with Lin Nian at the time, he later admitted she had a point. ’A little temporary humiliation is nothing. Once I build up my company and make a fortune, then everyone—Shen Zhengfeng, anyone else, even Qin Jiao—will have to look up to me!’
Shen Feng said, "The field of electronics has huge potential for growth; technology is always advancing, after all. Not many people have realized this yet. If we wait until everyone else tries to get in on it, it might be too late."
He thought for a moment before adding, "Lin Nian dreamed about this, too."
Shen Zhengfeng sneered. "She dreamed it? Did she also dream that she would only give birth to a daughter?"
Shen Feng fell silent again.
’He personally didn’t care whether the child was a boy or a girl. It wasn’t a child he had wanted, anyway.’
It was just that Li Xiaomei and Shen Zhengfeng kept bringing it up, and the more he heard it, the more irritated he became.
This time, however, Shen Zhengfeng didn’t press the issue of the child. Instead, he asked, "You want to start a business in electronics. Is this about competing with Shen Yi?"
"I’m no worse than him!"
Looking at Shen Feng, Shen Zhengfeng’s feelings were actually quite complicated.
When he was out doing business, people would smile and congratulate him. They’d say, "Your son is really something! Not only did he build the clothing factory into a huge corporation, but he also started his own electronics company in the South."
But whenever he heard people praising Shen Yi, Shen Zhengfeng felt an acute bitterness.
’Who could have imagined that the hot-tempered, good-for-nothing brat from back then—the one who was always getting into fights and would even curse him to his face—would turn out to be so successful?’